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TWiP explains a study which finds that tissue spaces are reservoirs of antigenic diversity for Trypanosoma brucei, then remembers our departed colleague Dickson Despommier. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Click arrow to play Download TWiP #254 (88 MB .mp3, 61 minutes) Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Tissue spaces are reservoirs of antigenic diversity for T. brucei (Nature) Understanding trypanosome antigenic variation (Emerg Top Life Sci) Tissue resident T. brucei (PLoS Path) Hero – Dickson Despommier Despommier Photo Art Parasitology Course (YouTube) Become a patron of TWiP Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Music by Ronald Jenkees TWiP explains a study which finds that tissue spaces are reservoirs of antigenic diversity for Trypanosoma brucei, then remembers our departed colleague Dickson Despommier. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Links for this episode Join the MicrobeTV Discord server Tissue spaces are reservoirs of antigenic diversity for T. brucei (Nature) Understanding trypanosome antigenic variation (Emerg Top Life Sci) Tissue resident T. brucei (PLoS Path) Hero – Dickson Despommier Despommier Photo Art Parasitology Course (YouTube) Become a patron of TWiP Send your questions and comments to [email protected] Music by Ronald Jenkees
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